The locations with the highest concentration of General Business Administration & Management degree recipients are Tempe, AZ, New York, NY, and San Diego, CA. The locations with a relatively high number of General Business Administration & Management degree recipients are Braintree Town, MA, West Frankfort, IL, and Innsbrook, VA. The most common degree awarded to students studying General Business Administration & Management is a bachelors degree.

Information about the types of higher education institutions that grant degrees in General Business Administration & Management and the types of students that study this field. University of Phoenix-Arizona awards the most degrees in General Business Administration & Management in the US, but Pinchot University and California International Business University have the highest percentage of degrees awarded in General Business Administration & Management.

Tuition costs for General Business Administration & Management majors are, on average, $6,467 for in-state public colleges, and $27,830 for out of state private colleges.

The most common sector, by number of institutions, that offers General Business Administration & Management programs are Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above institutions (937 total). The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded, is Public, 4-year or above (129,275 completions).

Out of all institutions that offer General Business Administration & Management programs and have at least 5 graduates in those programs, Pinchot University and California International Business University have the highest percentage of degrees awarded in General Business Administration & Management, with 100% and 100%, respectively.

This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States colored by the average salary of Business majors.

Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that Business majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.

The closest comparable data for the 6 Digit Course General Business Administration & Management is from the 2 Digit Course Business.

11.2M

2018 Workforce

± 79,128

3.01%

1 Year Growth

± 0.975%

The number of Business graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 3.01%, from 10.9M in 2017 to 11.2M in 2018.

The largest single share of Business graduates go on to work as Accountants & auditors (10.3%). This chart shows the various jobs filled by those with a major in Business by share of the total number of graduates.

This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States where there are a relatively high population of Business majors.

Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that Business majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.

Demographic information on those who earn a degree in Business in the US. The average age of a person in the workforce with a degree in Business is 43.7, and the most common degree type these workers hold is a Bachelors Degree. Male employees are more likely to hold Business degrees, and White students earn the majority (162,748) of the degrees.

The closest comparable data for the 6 Digit Course General Business Administration & Management is from the 2 Digit Course Business.

43.7

Average Age in 2018

± 0.0927 Years

0.00684%

1 Year Change

± 0.302%

This chart shows distribution of ages for employees with a degree in Business. The most common ages of employees with this major are 48 and 36 years old, which represent 2.69% and 2.67% of the population, respectively.

This chart illustrates the differences by gender for each race & ethnicity of Bachelors Degree recipients in General Business Administration & Management. White Male students, who earn most of the degrees in this field, are the most common combination of race/ethnicity and gender.

The closest comparable data for the 6 Digit Course General Business Administration & Management is from the 2 Digit Course Business.

Most Common Countries of Origin

India

170,115 degree recipients

Philippines

134,920 degree recipients

Mexico

131,608 degree recipients

High Relative Number of Students

Mongolia

3.79 times more than expected

Switzerland

2.96 times more than expected

Paraguay

2.87 times more than expected

There are a relatively high number of people that were born in Mongolia that hold Business degrees (3.79 times more than expected), and the most common country of origin by total numbers for non-US students earning a degree in this field is India (170,115 degree recipients).

Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the General Business Administration & Management field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. General Business Administration & Management majors need many skills, but most especially Reading Comprehension. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that General Business Administration & Management majors need more than the average amount of Operation and Control, Management of Financial Resources, and Operation Monitoring.

These two visualizations, one a radial chart and one a bar chart, show the same information, a rating of how necessary the following skills are for General Business Administration & Management majors. Toggle between "value" and "RCA" to see the absolute rating of that skill (value) and the revealed comparative advantage (RCA), or how much greater or lesser that skill's rating is than the average. The longer the bar or the closer the line comes to the circumference of the circle, the more important that skill is. The importance of Operation and Control is very distinctive for majors, but the Reading Comprehension, Speaking, and Writing are the three most important skills for people in the field.